anonymous

3 years ago

During an election campaign, a candidate gave away 5000 little advertisements. The pens he gave away cost $0.23 each and the bumper stickers cost $0.14 each. He spent a total of $970.00 for the pens and bumper stickers. How many pens did he give away? @swissgirl

So the bumper stickers $0.14 and the pens cost $0.23
Now in total we spend $970
Total cost of pens: .23*x
Total cost of bumper stickers: .14*(5000-x)
Total cost= Total cost of pens+ Total cost of bumper stickers
970= .23x+.14(5000-x)
Now solve for x